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Garage door spring question Robert Barr 05-21-2007
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Posted by Joseph Meehan on May 22, 2007, 8:07 am
Robert Barr wrote:
> AZ Nomad wrote:
>
>> wrote:
>>> I need to replace the extension springs in my garage door. I
>>> weighed the door (properly, a few times) and came up with 145
>>> pounds. Do I use 140 pound springs, or 150?
>>
>>
>> Nobody as clueless as you should do the job by themselves.
>
> By HIMSELF. Singular.
>
> Now, do you have an intelligent / factual answer, or are you just
> being a useless turd?

He does have a point, if not well stated. Those springs (not sure what
kind you have) can be very dangerous to work with. Please keep that in
mind. If you are not 100% certain what you are doing here, don't do it.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia 's Muire duit




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Posted by Steve Barker on May 22, 2007, 9:03 pm
he SAID they were extension springs.

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> Robert Barr wrote:
>> AZ Nomad wrote:
>>
>>> wrote:
>>>> I need to replace the extension springs in my garage door. I
>>>> weighed the door (properly, a few times) and came up with 145
>>>> pounds. Do I use 140 pound springs, or 150?
>>>
>>>
>>> Nobody as clueless as you should do the job by themselves.
>>
>> By HIMSELF. Singular.
>>
>> Now, do you have an intelligent / factual answer, or are you just
>> being a useless turd?
>
> He does have a point, if not well stated. Those springs (not sure what
> kind you have) can be very dangerous to work with. Please keep that in
> mind. If you are not 100% certain what you are doing here, don't do it.
>
> --
> Joseph Meehan
>
> Dia 's Muire duit
>
>
>



Posted by Rich256 on May 22, 2007, 10:33 am
> I need to replace the extension springs in my garage door. I weighed
> the door (properly, a few times) and came up with 145 pounds. Do I use
> 140 pound springs, or 150?

Are they expansion type springs (as opposed to torsion, mounted above
the door)? There is some leeway but I would go for a slightly
stronger spring. As stated they can be really dangerous. The door
has to be blocked open when removing. I saw the results of an
expansion spring that went through a garage roof when it broke.


Posted by Steve Barker on May 22, 2007, 9:04 pm
It SAYS right in his question "EXTENSION". Do you people read the fukin
questions before spouting off?

--
Steve Barker





>> I need to replace the extension springs in my garage door. I weighed
>> the door (properly, a few times) and came up with 145 pounds. Do I use
>> 140 pound springs, or 150?
>
> Are they expansion type springs (as opposed to torsion, mounted above
> the door)? There is some leeway but I would go for a slightly
> stronger spring. As stated they can be really dangerous. The door
> has to be blocked open when removing. I saw the results of an
> expansion spring that went through a garage roof when it broke.
>



Posted by Jeff Wisnia on May 22, 2007, 12:01 pm
Robert Barr wrote:

> I need to replace the extension springs in my garage door. I weighed
> the door (properly, a few times) and came up with 145 pounds. Do I use
> 140 pound springs, or 150?


I'd get the 150 pounders. They're going to get weaker as they age, not
stronger.

And, if the present springs don't have "safety cables" running through
them PLEEZE add them when you put in the new springs. They are very
cheap insurance against what could be a tragic accident if someone is
standing in the wrong place inside the garage place watching the door go
up or down when a spring end snaps off.

Jeff

--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.


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